Thornton, George Edward, Private, 26365, 16th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Born Ockbrook, Derbyshire
Enlisted Derby
Resided Ockbrook
Killed in action 19th October 1917 aged 21
Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial

1911 Census
A colliery ganger below ground
Son of John, a colliery tramway man, and Mary Hannah Thornton, of Green Lane, Ockbrook, Derbyshire

Ockbrook (All Saints Church)
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Ockbrook (Victoria Avenue)
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